Len Britton on Budget & Economy

Eliminate earmarks and set balanced-budget targets

Our national debt is at $12.3 trillion and rising--thanks to Congressional irresponsibility. Unaddressed, this crisis will eventually bankrupt the US. We have to put the country back on sound, sustainable financial ground, and we have to put budget refor
above partisan squabbling. Vermont needs a senator who will comb the budget line by line, eliminate earmarks, and set a balanced-budget target. Government agencies should have to present zero-based budgets every year and justify every tax dollar spent.